# Support Time and Recovery Worker

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Kingsley Green
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Support, time and recovery worker
- **Grade:** Band 4
- **Salary:** £29,812 - £32,715 per annum, pro rata  (Inclusive of 5% HCAs)
- **Contract type:** Permanent: Permenant
- **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-11-04T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-21T14:10:33.297Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Hertfordshire/Hemel_Hempstead/Hertfordshire_Partnership_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Additional_Clinical_Services/Additional_Clinical_Services-v8384917
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8384917?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.hpft.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Are you a Support Worker with some experience who is looking to enhance your knowledge and skill in mental health working?

Are you looking for part time work to fit around your busy life?

If yes, we would love to hear from you. We are seeking to recruit a Band 4 Support Time and Recovery Worker to Dacorum Adult Community Mental Health Services.

Our team is based in Hemel Hempstead and provides services to the locality of Dacorum (Hemel Hempstead, Berkhamsted, Tring and surrounding villages). The service operates Monday – Friday, 9am – 5pm.

Whilst we welcome all applications from all suitable candidates, unfortunately, we will not be offering sponsorship for this role.

Job Summary:

- To work as part of a team which provides mental health services to service users and their carers
- To focus directly the on the needs of service users requiring accommodation solutions using the Support Time and Recovery Model.
- To work across service and/or care group boundaries as necessary.
- To work closely in association with the Team Leader, other senior staff and other agencies, to help maximise the quality and quantity of STAR services within available resources
- To work within the Care Programme Approach / Care Management process with a focus on Recovery Principles
- To provide support, give time and thus promote recovery

### Main duties of the job

- To provide support, give time to an allocated group of service users and thus promote their recovery and promote their place in the broader community.
- To contribute towards the management of a team of STAR workers, by leading on clearly identified, appropriate day to day team management tasks.
- Responsible for providing support to the Care Coordinator, in the implementation of a recovery focused care plan for an allocated number of individual service users and carers.
- To ensure that service users engage beneficially with the agreed Care Plan and access appropriate services provided on a regular and consistent basis.
- To positively promote independent living of service users within community.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full details of the role and responsibilities for this vacancy please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification documents attached.

### Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

## Person Specification

### Experience

**Essential**

- Three years experience of providing mental health services from within a team setting, which may be combined with personal lived experience of mental health difficulties

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- NVQ level 3 qualification or mental health certificate level 3 or agreement to undertake such training as soon as resources permit
- NVQ/Mental Health Certificate Level 2
- Commitment to Continuing Personal Development

### Other Requirements

**Essential**

- Car driver unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010

## Documents

- [refer a friend (pdf, 160.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2083)
- [staff benefits (pdf, 888.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2165)
- [band 4 star worker jd and ps (pdf, 256.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10714185)
- [guidance on ai usage in job applications (pdf, 55.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2305)

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